Parliament Highlights| House adjourned, 280 MPs take oath today
This blog is now closed. These were the highlights on Monday, June 24. Monday saw the first sitting of the 18th Lok Sabha with a short address by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the start of the session. BJP's Bhartruhari Mahtab was sworn-in as the pro-tem Speaker prior to the session, paving the way for the oath-taking of remaining MPs. Opposition leaders including Rahul Gandhi were seen holding up copies of the Constitution book as Prime Minister Narendra Modi walked up to take oath. Although there was a din at the beginning of the session, it died down as MPs started taking oaths. Stay tuned on DH for latest updates from the first Lok Sabha session.